Cassiope

Cassiope tetragona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Cassiopoideae
Genus: Cassiope
Species: C. abbreviata – C. argyrotricha – C. ericoides – C. fastigiata – C. fujianensis – C. hypnoides – C. lycopodioides – C. membranifolia – C. mertensiana – C. myosuroides – C. nana – C. palpebrata – C. pectinata – C. redowskii – C. selaginoides – C. stelleriana – C. tetragona – C. wardii

Nothospecies: C. × anadyrensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 22. Reference page.

Name

Cassiope D.Don (1834)

• Type species: C. tetragona (L.) D.Don

References

Primary references

• Don, D. 1834. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 157.

Additional references

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Cassiope in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Nov 23.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Cassiope. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cassiope. Published online. Accessed: Apr 21 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cassiope. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kasiope
dansk: Kantlyng-slægten
Deutsch: Schuppenheiden
English: Mountain Heather
suomi: Varpiot
日本語: イワヒゲ属
norsk nynorsk: Kantlyngslekta
русский: Кассиопея
svenska: Kantljungssläktet
中文: 锦绦花属

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